1979
•  Portable language translators introduced.
•  Personal headset audio introduced.
•  The Institute of High Fidelity merges into the Electronic Industries Association.
•  First proprietary online service launches.

1978
•  Laserdisc players marketed.
•  The Winter Consumer Electronics Show (CES) held in Las Vegas for the first time.

1977
•  VHS VCR introduced.
•  Apple Computer Inc. introduces the first personal computer.
•  Home color TV video cameras sold.
•  The first interactive TV system, QUBE, debuts.
•  The first videocassette rental store opens.

1976
•  The first microprocessor videogames marketed.
•  The inkjet printer developed.

1975
•  The first Betamax VCR introduced.
•  The first personal computer, the Altair 8800, debuts.
•  CB radio becomes a major consumer product.
•  The laser printer introduced.
•  The first liquid crystal displays (LCD) sold.
•  The Atari "Pong" home video game introduced.

1974
•  The United Nations establishes the international fax standard, Group 1.

1973
•  The first Winter Consumer Electronics Show (CES) held in Chicago.
•  Giant-screen projection color TVs marketed.
•  The cell phone prototype demonstrated.

1972
•  The first home videogames, designed to play through TV receivers, marketed.
•  Sony introduces U-Matic VCR, the forerunner of Beta.

1971
•  Electronic tuning first seen in U.S. TVs.
•  The consumer electronics calculator introduced.
• The first dot matrix printers introduced.
•  A patent issued for the first practical LCD technology.
•  AT&T proposes the cellular phone system.

1970
•  Intel Corp. introduces the computer memory chip.
•  The computer floppy disk developed.